Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
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- Ps 19:4-6 : 4 Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun. 5 Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course. 6 It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.
- Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
- Gen 8:22 : 22 “While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
- Josh 10:13-14 : 13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The LORD obeyed a man, for the LORD fought for Israel!
- Ps 42:1 : 1 Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
- Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun, 37 it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”(Selah)
- Ps 104:19-23 : 19 He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. 20 You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around. 21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens. 23 Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.
- Jer 33:20 : 20 “I, the LORD, make the following promise:‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant
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1 ¶ Title The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
3 Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
4 A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
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6 The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
7 All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.
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9 What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.
10 Is there anything about which someone can say,“Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.
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16 This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?
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7 Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.
8 So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.
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11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
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2 before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
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4 Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.
6 It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.
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19 He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.
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22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.
23 Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.
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16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
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20 Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.
21 Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?
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1 A Time for All Events in Life For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
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7 Labor Motivated by Greed So I again considered another futile thing on earth:
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15 I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.
16 There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.
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4 Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,
5 though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man–
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14 I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile– like chasing the wind!
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7 he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
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12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
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7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
8 Concluding Refrain: Qoheleth Restates His Thesis“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“All of these things are futile!”
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1 A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD has spoken, and summoned the earth to come from the east and west.
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20 So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.
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15 Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.
16 The Problem of Injustice and Oppression I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
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2 He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
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6 in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.
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11 As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,
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11 Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”
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26 if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
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11 God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.
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16 Limitations of Human Wisdom When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth– even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night–
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1 Not Everyone Enjoys Life Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:
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9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
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22 Painful Days and Restless Nights What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
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10 Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.